util-pages.c

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/**
 * \file
 *
 * \author Victor Julien <victor@inliniac.net>
 *
 * Page util functions
 */
 
#include "suricata-common.h"
#include "util-pages.h"
#include "util-debug.h"
 
#ifndef HAVE_PAGESUPPORTSRWX_AS_MACRO
 
/** \brief check if OS allows for RWX pages
 *
 *  Some OS' disallow RWX pages for security reasons. This function mmaps
 *  some memory RW and then tries to turn it into RWX. If this fails we
 *  assume that the OS doesn't allow for this.
 *
 *  Thanks to Shawn Webb from HardenedBSD for the suggestion.
 *
 *  \retval 1 RWX supported
 *  \retval 0 not supported
 */
int PageSupportsRWX(void)
{
    int retval = 1;
    void *ptr;
    ptr = mmap(0, getpagesize(), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANON|MAP_SHARED, -1, 0);
    if (ptr != MAP_FAILED) {
        if (mprotect(ptr, getpagesize(), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) == -1) {
            SCLogConfig("RWX pages denied by OS");
            retval = 0;
        }
        munmap(ptr, getpagesize());
    }
    return retval;
}
#endif /* HAVE_PAGESUPPORTSRWX_AS_MACRO */